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Celebrating our 37th Season

We believe the successful development, production, and promotion of new plays is key to continuing theatrical achievement in New England and nationwide, and we measure our success first by a generous dedication to our playwrights’ visions.

Our 2018-2019 Season

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

Home of New Plays in Boston

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre 35th Season

Welcome to Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, the professional wing of our Graduate Playwriting Program at Boston University.* We produce plays by alumni of our Playwriting Program (and of Boston University faculty and staff) only, and our mission is to serve our writers’ theatrical visions, to guide them into their first productions. We work with talented professionals in all aspects of our productions. Plus, our playwrights are a gifted cadre of theatre artists, and their awards and productions speak to this. Talented alumni continue to write for theaters across the nation and overseas, so explore our website to learn more about them and our current and past professional seasons of new works.

Our 2016–2017 Season

*We are part of the College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.

Laughs in Spanish

By: Alexis Scheer

Directed by: Sara Katzoff

February 21-March 3, 2019Showing

It’s Art Basel and the stakes are high for the gallery Mariana runs in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. And when Mariana’s movie-star mother tries to help out, things get even more complicado. A fast paced, cafecíto-induced comedy about art and success—and mothers and daughters—and learning to love the people we can’t change.

A BU New Play Initiative production, produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.

Note: Laughs in Spanish was formerly titled Wynwood.

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Dead House

By: Beirut Balutis

Directed by: Adam Kassim

April 18-28, 2019Upcoming

In Bone Flat, Pennsylvania, the high school community is plunged into shock and grief following the death of a beloved varsity football player. The arrival of new student Merle provides closure for those in mourning. It’s when Merle’s interest demands more than just a shoulder to cry on that things start to get dangerous—but for whom?

A BU New Play Initiative production, produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.

Venue:

The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood

By: Kira Rockwell

Directed by: Leila Ghaemi

October 11-21, 2018Past Show

Life is difficult when you’re forced to raise yourself in the shadow of the System. After the suicide of their housemate Amber, five teenage girls in a Texas residential care facility combat their grief in five different ways. A wise and discerning exploration of young women facing an all-too-common crisis.

A BU New Play Initiative production, produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.

Venue:

Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215

Winter People

By: Laura Neill

Directed by: Avital Shira

December 6-16, 2018Past Show

Every winter in the Hamptons, locals live in the shadow of the summer people’s empty mansions. When one of those mansions erupts in flames, tensions rise with the smoke, and five families struggle to protect their own. Lives and dreams hang in the balance, and secrets flourish in this mysterious and keenly observed whodunit.

A BU New Play Initiative production, produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.